I made some pickles from persian cucumbers and some green beans. Yummy!
4-5 persian cucumbers
12 or so green beans
1 c water
1 1/2 c apple cider or white wine vinegar (or your fave kind)
1/2 c red wine, champagne, or balsamic vinegar (any sweeter kind)
1/2 c sugar
3 tbsp sea salt or kosher salt
1 tbsp pickling spice
1 tsp tumeric
1 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp celery seed
1 tbsp whole peppercorns
1 tsp cumin
1 tbsp red chili flakes
4-5 cloves of garlic halved
1-2 whole red chiles (your fave kind)
couple sprigs of dill (opt)
Quarter the cukes, and halve the green beans (if they don't fit in the jar). Put cukes, beans, dill, chiles and garlic in the jar(s), I made two jars lol. In a saucepan add all other ingredients and boil for about 4-5 mins. Carefully pour the liquid into jars and set on countertop to cool until room temp with lids off. When room temp, put in fridge. They will be ready in a few hours or overnight.
This works really well with carrots too. I really love this recipe as it starts off sour and salty, then ends spicy and sweet.
Nevermind the reused jars.
